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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10), Poetry - Volume 2

Note 1176 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)

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Carew's Poems:

A troop of deities came down to guide Our steerless barks in passion's swelling tide, By virtue's card.—Wakefield.

After ver. 108 in the MS.:

A tedious voyage! where how useless lies The compass, if no pow'rful gusts arise!—Warburton.

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